An anti-abortion activist accused of threatening a Wichita doctor who was training to offer abortions will have to face a jury after failing to show the issue is so incendiary that jurors cannot impartially decide her case, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten granted the government's belated request for a jury trial against Angel Dillard. The Valley Center woman had wanted a judge, rather than a jury, to decide her case, arguing it will be difficult for jurors to set aside strong feelings about her association with Dr. George Tiller's murderer.

The judge said that the parties have ample time to prepare for the Feb. 5 trial.